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From: "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories?
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 16:26:09 +0100
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Andrews,

> The good news is I wiped out everything on the sdcard except the
> one top-level folder that I had created on it just after formatting it.
>
> And it still worked.

I was not in doubt of that. Luckely SD cards that have methods to disallow 
deep access to it are few and rather costly.

> The Android garbage folders came back though, as you implied they
> would.

Yep. The same can, and does happen when two people share an USB stick.

> Android owns that card. Not me. :->

*Both* of you own that card.   Its just that (Googles) Android is a bit of a 
"silent partner". :-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser